What is wealth? What is sustainable? How can wealth creation for our society be brought back into alignment with true happiness and well being? Where do wealth and sustainability intersect? Some say true wealth is "quality of life" - well then, What is quality of life? I'll survey thinkers, articles and topics to address these and related questions... "We don't see things as they are. We see them as we are." - Anais Nin
Sunday, April 27, 2008
New Economics - It's all about the collective
We're in a time of collaboration, as opposed to competition.
Partnership model, wikipedia, open source software, youtube, etc. All pointing to a new economic paradigm unfolding.
Yochai Benkler - author of the book "Wealth of Networks" spoke on the matter at the recent TED conference.
The new developments are showing disruptive, and innovative methods of production involving many people are changing fundamental dynamics in the economy.
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Wikinomics by Tapscott and Williams & The Starfish and the Spider by Brafman & Beckstrom are key additions to this reading list.
Hey Greg,
You know I totally dig all this and agree collaboration is the key to success as evidenced by our own work together.
You rock L.A. dude!
Best,
Andrew
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